‘Privacy is precious’ campaign for Privacy Week
Source: Privacy Commissioner
30 Oct 2020, 09:00
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner is launching the ‘Privacy is precious’ campaign today to coincide with Privacy Week,...
Terms of Reference of joint inquiry into Police photographing of members of the public
Source: Privacy Commissioner
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner and the Independent Police Conduct Authority have released the Terms of Reference for their current joint...
Case note 292076 NZPrivCmr 8: Oranga Tamariki disclosed man’s offending to his partner
Source: Privacy Commissioner
A man complained to our office in 2017 because Oranga Tamariki requested information about his criminal history from Police and discussed it...
High Court decision in Taylor v Corrections
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog
When is information your personal information? Does it include references to other people that just happen to be...
International data transfers: The Schrems II decision
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog
International transfers of personal data are under the spotlight again following a recent decision of the European Court...
Recent privacy wins
Source: Privacy Commissioner
Man receives $10,000 settlement from phone company who passed on inaccurate contact info about him
A man contacted our Office alleging his application...
Privacy Act 2020 comes into force
Source: Privacy Commissioner
1 Dec 2020, 09:00
New Zealand’s Privacy Act 2020 has come into force.
The new law affords New Zealanders better privacy protections, and organisations...
How OPC works to settle complaints
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog
The Privacy Act empowers the Privacy Commissioner to receive complaints about breaches of the Privacy Act. The Act...
That was close! How to respond when you narrowly avoid a serious privacy breach
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog
Our personal information is precious. It is unique to each of us and tells a story about who...
Case note 298110 [2021] NZPrivCmr 3: Police disclosed man’s history of violence to current...
Source: Privacy Commissioner
19 Mar 2021, 09:00
Police told the current girlfriend of a man that he had a history of violence, and that he had...
Tribunal strikes out man’s case against NZ Transport Agency
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog
A recent decision by the Human Rights Review Tribunal (HRRT) illustrates how other legislation can interact with and...
Guidance on mandatory record keeping for contact tracing
Source: Privacy Commissioner
The Government has introduced mandatory record keeping at specified places and events. People responsible for these places or gatherings (referred to in...
